OBS and Totals-12/13-14 Snow Event

[MANDA]

I'd have to say this event over performed for most.

[psv88]

6 minutes ago, MANDA said:

I'd have to say this event over performed for most.

RRFS for the win out here!

[gravitylover]

Expected 2", got 4". Driveway shovel pile shaping has begun.

[jm1220]

22 minutes ago, psv88 said:

RRFS for the win out here!

Even more lol. I wonder what the melted down liquid will be, the end definitely had some fluff factor but the first 2/3 was definitely paste. 

[Stormlover74]

Preliminary Local Storm Report

National Weather Service New York NY

157 PM EST Sun Dec 14 2025

 

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

 

0100 PM Snow Central Park 40.78N 73.97W

12/14/2025 M2.7 Inch New York (ManhattanNY Official NWS Obs

Central Park Conservancy.

 

0100 PM Snow Islip Airport 40.79N 73.10W

12/14/2025 M5.8 Inch Suffolk NY Official NWS Obs

 

0100 PM Snow NYC/JFK 40.64N 73.76W

12/14/2025 M4.6 Inch Queens NY Official NWS Obs

 

0100 PM Snow NYC/La Guardia 40.78N 73.88W

12/14/2025 M2.6 Inch Queens NY Official NWS Obs

 

0100 PM Snow Newark Airport 40.68N 74.17W

12/14/2025 M4.1 Inch Union NJ Official NWS Obs

 

0100 PM Snow Upton (NWS Office) 40.87N 72.86W

12/14/2025 M7.3 Inch Suffolk            

[psv88]

Upton with 7.3” checks 

[steve392]

Heavy wet snow!  Was wild shoveling it.  Big piles woukd glisten blue hues like you see in glaciers.  

 

Even with it compacted down, still had 5" on most flat surfaces. 

[Rjay]

Nice event out here.  Sat at 34 degrees for 11 straight hours and still got over 6".  Have some branches down.  Current temp is 29 with flurries.  Most snow I've seen since Jan 2022.  

[WestBabylonWeather]

If temps were just a couple degrees colder easy 8” for all

[Krs4Lfe]

I figured JFK would come in with a total of over 4". Most of the boroughs has anywhere from 4-6", with 3-4" more common only in Manhattan. Aside from LGA and CPK's notorious undermeasurement, this was a pretty good forecast for most of the area. In fact, most places overperformed just to our north, east, south, and west. Pretty much an overperformer for everyone except the boroughs because of UHI. 

[psv88]

1 minute ago, Rjay said:

Nice event out here.  Sat at 34 degrees for 11 straight hours and still got over 6".  Have some branches down.  Current temp is 29 with flurries.  Most snow I've seen since Jan 2022.  

You stayed warm out there. Ground being frozen definitely helped with stickage

[Krs4Lfe]

2 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Nice event out here.  Sat at 34 degrees for 11 straight hours and still got over 6".  Have some branches down.  Current temp is 29 with flurries.  Most snow I've seen since Jan 2022.  

Yeah this is the best event for most of us since Jan 2022, although many also saw similar totals with the 2/13/24 storm (I believe that was the date) that was a widespread 5-8" for most but similar to this storm, was a 3-5" for the boroughs because of UHI

[dmillz25]

Lol the park with 2.7”

[Rjay]

2 minutes ago, psv88 said:

You stayed warm out there. Ground being frozen definitely helped with stickage

Yea the roads were covered from about 1am on even with the above freezing temps. 

[SnowGoose69]

2 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Lol the park with 2.7”

They actually came in 0.1 higher than LGA.  You can see a noticeable dip in accumulations in NE NJ near NYC into Queens/Brooklyn.  Some of that was the heat island but some also was this area got hit by subsidence somewhat.

 

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html

[jm1220]

3 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Yeah this is the best event for most of us since Jan 2022, although many also saw similar totals with the 2/13/24 storm (I believe that was the date) that was a widespread 5-8" for most but similar to this storm, was a 3-5" for the boroughs because of UHI

Reminds me of the early Jan 2022 event before the major storm at the end of the month-I think that was also about 8” here. This is definitely my biggest event since that storm though, 2/13/24 was 6-7 here”. 

[dmillz25]

3 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

They actually came in 0.1 higher than LGA.  You can see a noticeable dip in accumulations in NE NJ near NYC into Queens/Brooklyn.  Some of that was the heat island but some also was this area got hit by subsidence somewhat.

 

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html

Im the 4.3” SE of the park thats kinda of why I reacted like that

[Maureen]

Season’s greetings! 

[Nibor]

9 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Lol the park with 2.7”

[dWave]

Measured 3.25" in Pelham Bay Park. I believe is the most significant snowfall in years. Did some real snow shoveling for the first time in a while.  Heavy wet stuff doesn't help.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

3 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Im the 4.3” SE of the park thats kinda of why I reacted like that

There was nothing wrong with your reaction. The Park under measured . They under measure 90% of the time. They've been doing it for years and it's become worse the last several. I basically ignore their totals now. They are virtually meaningless. 

[Sundog]

22 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

They actually came in 0.1 higher than LGA.  You can see a noticeable dip in accumulations in NE NJ near NYC into Queens/Brooklyn.  Some of that was the heat island but some also was this area got hit by subsidence somewhat.

 

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html

I got between 5.5 and 6 inches of snow depth right now in an open area on packed soil (not grass.) I'm in NE Queens. 

And I thought I was getting shafted for awhile early this morning. 

I have seen video from Central Park and it clearly shows more than 2.7 inches. 

And this is why the arbitrary 4 inch measurement record is still alive and well (and why it's also bullshit.)

[WxDom]

Looking for snow totals for our next PNS, feel free to pass along with time of measurement/location.

[EastonSN+]

29 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Lol the park with 2.7”

Not even worth tracking theor measurements anymore.

[psv88]

2 minutes ago, WxDom said:

Looking for snow totals for our next PNS, feel free to pass along with time of measurement/location.

South Commack, Suffolk County, 8.5” at 12:45 pm

[EastonSN+]

5 minutes ago, Sundog said:

I got between 5.5 and 6 inches of snow depth right now in an open area on packed soil (not grass.) I'm in NE Queens. 

And I thought I was getting shafted for awhile early this morning. 

I have seen video from Central Park and it clearly shows more than 2.7 inches. 

And this is why the arbitrary 4 inch measurement record is still alive and well (and why it's also bullshit.)

100% I am not longer considering the 4 inch record as relevant.

[Sundog]

4 minutes ago, WxDom said:

Looking for snow totals for our next PNS, feel free to pass along with time of measurement/location.

5.5 inches Bayside, Queens 1:30PM

[uofmiami]

7” Syosset with snowboard.  Ruler into ground 7.5” 

[WxDom]

1 minute ago, Sundog said:

5.5 inches Bayside, Queens 1:30PM

Thanks, added to our list. Will be out shortly with updated totals.

[Krs4Lfe]

1 minute ago, Sundog said:

5.5 inches Bayside, Queens 1:30PM

Yep, same here in Bayside. Reached just about 6" on the dot around 11:40. Has compacted about 1 inch or so since then. Lots of 4-6" reports throughout the boroughs except a few pockets like CPK, LGA. But is is NYC's official measuring site so for all intents and purposes, when people look back on this storm in the future, they'll think we all only got 2-3" lol